The SPI Coalition has 10 members in Australia, enjoying the warm “winter” weather down under. Here’s an introduction!
Atheist Foundation of Australia apparently has a mascot, Atheist Cat, looks forward to seeing Sam Harris live in January, has a PDF magazine for members, and as we recently reported runs the AtheistAus Podcast.
- Australian Skeptics Inc┬áhas published their magazine, The Skeptic, for 35 years. They give a variety of awards to critical thinkers and offer $100,000 — so far unclaimed! — to anyone who can prove supernatural powers. They run an annual national convention in November and hold a weekly pub event in Sydney, and in their news blog they point out that 95% of psychic predictions for a new year are wrong.
- Imaginary Friends Show is a podcast opposing irrational, illogical and dangerous beliefs, frequently with guests.
- Macquarie University Atheist League┬áis a┬álocal group where the action takes place in a┬áclosed Facebook group that you must join to view, but they have an old┬áYouTube page and Twitter page with some content you can see. Presumably it’s intended for students only.
- Peninsula Atheists┬áis about to celebrate their 5th anniversary holding monthly meetup events south of Melbourne. A recent event suggested this discussion: let’s stop being negative about religion and talk about positives of nonbelief.
- Philaxiom loves science and has their own fanfare video on YouTube.
- Rationalist Association of NSW is more than a century old! Based in the Australian state of New South Wales, which includes Sydney, Canberra, and Newcastle, they run their own bookshop in Sydney and publish a magazine, The New Liberator.
- Rationalist Society of Australia is even older, having been founded in 1906. They publish a magazine, the Australian Rationalist and a daily digest of news articles. Their content is extensive!
- Token Skeptic┬áis a podcast best listened to with Corn Flakes cereal. Popular episodes have been about “wild sex” and “the unholy trinity downunder”.
- University of Melbourne Secular Society is a student group that holds debates and discussions.